Early Christianity

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Descriptive Overview

 
Person  Year Born Year Start Reign/Ministry Year Died/Exile Length of Reign in Years Age at Death/Exile Comments
AM AD AM AD AM AD
Roman Emperors
Octavian (Caesar Augustus) 4161 63BC 4197 27BC 4238 14 40 76  
Tiberius (Tiberius Caesar Augustus) 4182 42BC 4238 14 4261 37 23 78  
Caligula (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 4236 12 4261 37 4265 41 4 29  
Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 4214 10BC 4265 41 4278 54 13 63  
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 4261 37 4278 54 4292 68 14 31  
Galba (Servius Galba Caesar Augustus) 4221 3BC 4292 68 4293 69 1 71  
Otho (Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus) 4256 32 4293 69 4293 69 3 months 37  
Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus) 4239 15 4293 69 4293 69 less than 1 54  
Vespasian (Caesar Vespasianus Augustus) 4233 9 4293 69 4303 79 10 70  
Kings, Tetrarchs, Governors and Prefects under Roman Authority
Herod the Great (king) 4151 73BC 4187 37BC 4220 4BC 33 69  
Herod Archelaus (tetrarch) 4202 22BC 4220 4BC 4229 6 9 39 Exiled in 6 AD.  Died in approx. 18 AD.
Herod Antipas (tetrarch of Galilee) 4203 21BC 4220 4BC 4262 39 42 59  
Herod Philip (tetrarch) 4204 20BC 4220 4BC 4257 34 37 53  
Herod Agrippa I (king of Judaea) c.4214 c.10BC 4260 37 4267 44 7 53  
Pontius Pilate (governor / prefect of Judaea)     4249 26 4259 36 10   Exiled in 36 AD.  Died probably in 39 AD. 
Jesus Christ and his 12 Disciples
Jesus Christ  c.4218 c.6BC c.4250 c.27 c.4254 c.31 3.5 32 est  
Simon Peter            c.64      
James (son of Zebedee)            c.44     Died in Jerusalem (see Acts 12:2)
John (son of Zebedee)                  Younger brother of James
Andrew            60 or 70     Was previously a disciple of John the Baptist
Philip                   
Bartholomew                   
Matthew                   
Thomas            c.53     Death date is traditional
James (son of Alphaeus)                   
Thaddaeus (or Judas, son of James)                   
Simon (the Cananaean)                   
Judas Iscariot            c.31      
Other early followers of Jesus Christ
Stephen            c.34      
Paul (Hebrew name Saul)            sometime after 62      Paul died sometime after his period of house arrest described in Acts 28:30

 

Charts

Early Christianity Chart dating after Creation  Chart dating after Christ 

 

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David Petrie, www.bibleworldhistory.com

AD & BC (Before and After Christ) dates have been taken from Britannica CD, Version 99 © 1994-1999. Encyclopędia Britannica, Inc.